Mahatma Gandhi

Andrew Jackson Jihad: Google Chatting About Optimism and Hipsterism

Folk punk heroes Andrew Jackson Jihad are one of the most recognizable fixtures in the Valley's independent music scene, and Sean Bonnette, the band's frontman, is one of the most down-to-earth, friendly musicians I've ever met. I've often bumped into Bonnette at local dive bars or kickass shows and ... More >>

95: Eric Schaefer

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Wusses Out of Disbarment Appeal; Judge May Order County to Pay Mary Rose Wilcox; Conley Wolfswinkel Wins Again

Here's a quick rundown on Maricopa County news today:* Andrew Peyton Thomas, former Maricopa County Attorney, failed politician and author of right-wing books, won't appeal a state Supreme Court Disciplinary Panel's decision to cancel his law license. We've cut-and-pasted his wussyish comments about ... More >>

Andy Thomas Needs a Perp Walk With His Papi, Sheriff Joe Arpaio

Andrew Thomas Complaining About His Disbarment in You Write the Caption

Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas held a press conference on Wednesday to complain about the decision by an Arizona Supreme Court disciplinary panel to strip him of his license to practice law.The Feathered Bastard Stephen Lemons was there, as Thomas compared himself to Gandhi and Dr. Ma ... More >>

Andrew Thomas Compares Himself to Gandhi and Martin Luther King in Press Conference

Disbarred, disgraced and unrepentant, former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas compared himself to such men of conscience as Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., as he addressed reporters this morning in downtown Phoenix, one day after being stripped of his license to practice law by ... More >>

Andy Thomas UPDATE: Some Heroes Did Emerge In This Creepy Cautionary Tale

Today's written ruling by the three-person panel that calls for the disbarment of former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and his "special assistant" Lisa Aubuchon should be mandatory reading, and not just for lawyers.It is profound in fact and happens to be beautifully written.One example of ... More >>

Iraq Native Faleh Almaleki Gets 34 Years in Prison for Murdering His Americanized Daughter

Honor Killing Dad Gets 34 Years in Prison at Emotional Hearing

Just back from downtown Phoenix's county courthouse, where Faleh Almaleki has been sentenced to 34 1/2 years behind bars for the 2009 murder of his daughter Noor and near-murder of another woman. Faleh Almaleki: "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!" ​We'll be writing in more detail about th ... More >>

The Five Most Obnoxious Food Movements

guygonecaveman.com​We truly live in a golden age of food awareness. Where once Americans ate whatever grew or grazed around them, we now find a nation of extra-regional culinary tribes; whole dietary religions based on what food we should or shouldn't put in our bodies, how we prepare it, an ... More >>

Sylvia Allen, Elected State Senator, Makes Even Jan Brewer Seem Compassionate

We're guessing that Sylvia Allen, a mother of five and grandmother of 18 who represents a rural eastern Arizona district at the State Senate, is known to her family and friends as a warm, caring individual. State Senator Sylvia Allen aka Madame Cold Heart​ We suspect that Allen proba ... More >>

Hell's Kitchen Season 8, Episode 2: The Prison Years

Someone's gonna get shanked in the chow line.​Here's a fun game to play while watching Hell's Kitchen this season: Close your eyes and pretend it's a prison reality show. You won't be disappointed. Last night's episode started with a bunch of EMT's busting through the doors of Hell's Kitchen at ... More >>

Feedback from the Issue of Thursday, October 22, 2009

Polygamist Leader Warren Jeffs Force-Fed in Northern Arizona Jail

​We almost forgot about Warren Jeffs when he was thrown in prison to serve two consecutive five-to-life sentences. But his name's bubbled up again. And, this time, it's not connected to the rape or forced marriage of underage girls: Warren Jeffs has decided not to eat. Authorities say Jeff ... More >>

Cardinal Francis George, Bishop Thomas Olmsted, and an Anti-Arpaio Protest in Guadalupe

pic from Joe's old re-election site JoeArpaio.orgBishop Olmsted and Arpaio get chummy in the tents...Chicago's Cardinal Francis George could school Phoenix's Bishop Thomas Olmsted on moral courage when it comes to the subject of immigration. While Olmsted refuses to condemn attacks on immigrants in ... More >>

Video of Alleged Photo Radar Attacker Travis Munroe Townsend

Right off the bat, I have to say that in this video Travis Munroe Townsend, 26, the alleged attacker of a Glendale photo enforcement camera (and, if guilty, an American hero, in my opinion), doesn't look a thing like the photo of him released yesterday by DPS. In that pic, he looked like some blo ... More >>

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution releases your inner despot

Columbus D-Day: Activists crash Joe Arpaio fete at Italian Club; Joe and Andy Thomas hang with redneck bikers.

Letters from the issue of Thursday, March 6, 2008

Dick Taut and The Ripcords

In the Willow Shade
(self-released)

Pop for Peace

Becky say no war

Redneck Touchdown

The belligerent buzzard performs a postmortem on the latest immigration battles, denounces attorney Dennis Wilenchik's hypocrisy, and chases after Mayor Phil "Goober" Gordon

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of February 20

The Short Goodbye

Organ-icky

Tea for none

Reality Bites

Summer in the city

Troubled Water

Deepa Mehta completes her trilogy amid outrage from Hindu fundamentalists

Baa-aaaaaad News

Business as usual: The winged wonder on Sheriff Joe's profound respect for sheep, and on the demise of Air America Phoenix

The Best Damn Rap Tour

Passive resistance -- with Kevlar

BEST OFF-THE-WALL GIFT SHOP

Great Arizona Puppet Theater

Screenplay Zero

Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley struggle through floundering frights

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Eclectic Slide

Herberger knows good dance

Letters

Letters from the week of April 22, 2004

Queen of Pain

Julie Taymor and Salma Hayek paint a spectacular portrait of Frida Kahlo

Columbine Harvester

Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself

The Scarlet Isle

Northern Ireland's troubles explode in a new depiction of Bloody Sunday

Turner Overdrive

Valley's answer to the hip-hop/rock movement is no cheap Trik

Burning, Man

Criminal Genius

From England, the nasty but brilliant Sexy Beast has Ben Kingsley at full dazzle

Flashes

10-05-2000

Son of Siam

Anna and the King remake rates an "Aye!"

Distaff Meeting

Pic Hits for the week

A Quiet Voice Against the Death Penalty

Amnesty International's Dr. Daniel Georges-Abeyie coolly argues the case against capital punishment in our hang-'em-high state

TAKING IT IN THE SHORTS

JOCK IN THE BOX

ABORIGINAL CINEMA

THE SECRET OF NIXON'S SURVIVAL

WHAT ABOUT THE FAMILY VALUE OF BROTHERLY LOVE?